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Electuarium Alcharif (Mesue)

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Electuarium Alcharif or Alharif Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Chebulic MyrobalanYellow MyrobalanBlack MyrobalanEmblic MyrobalanBelleric MyrobalanTurbith GingerCinnamonCardamonAloeswoodMasticCloveBlack PepperMace Pine nutCubebCelery seedWhite SugarGalangalIndian SpikenardSugar Candy Latin Terminalia chebulaTerminalia chebula (yellow)Terminalia chebula (black)Emblica officinalisTerminalia bellericaOperculina turpethumZingiber officinalisCinnamonum zeylanicum Elettaria cardamomumAquillaria agallochaPistacia lentiscusEugenia caryophyllusPiper nigrumMyristica fragransNux PineaPiper cubebaApium graveolensSaccharum albaAlpina officinarumNardostachys jatamansi Saccharum candi Amount…

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Populus, Poplartree

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Populus, Poplar-tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Black PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 White PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Black PoplarDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 White PoplarNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Black PoplarKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 BLACK POPLAR BUDSSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Populus nigra (less commonly White Poplar, P. alba)The Aspen (P. tremula) was…

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Stalactite, Zhong Ru Shi 钟乳石

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Stalactite, Zhong Ru Shi 钟乳石 Zhong Ru Shi (TCM)Dkar po sbal rgyab དཀར་པོ་སྦལ་རྒྱབ་, Ba nu བ་ནུ་ (Tibet) Aldrovandi, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 British Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1804 Mineralogical Name: Stalactitum Parts used: Tubular tips Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, pungent Classification: N. Yang Tonic Uses: 1. Strengthens the Kidneys, Benefits Yang:-Impotence, Spermatorrhea-Diarrhea with watery stool from…

How to Use

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The Following gives some hints to get the most out of Medicine Traditions. MedicineTraditions is designed to be used by students and practitioners to increase their knowledge and expand their clinical efficacy. By studying the various pages of MedicineTraditions, a great deal of knowledge can be accessed: learning effective combinations from other systems, new materia…

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Balsam, Balsam tree

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Balsam, Balsam tree Balm of Gilead, Balsam of JudeaUnani:–Roghan-e-Balsaan (oil)–Hab-e-Balsaan (fruit)–Ood-e-Balsaan (wood) True Balsam tree with a guard protecting it, indicating its high valueMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Krater-Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, Cartes et figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie, 1792 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884…

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Gypsum, Shi Gao 石膏

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Gypsum, Shi Gao 石膏 Shi Gao (TCM)Godanti (Ayurveda)Jibsin (Unani)Selenite, Lapis Selenite; Lapis Specularis: Affroselinum, Glacies Marie; the Crystallized form of Gypsum Gypsum Affroselinum (Selenite) Alabaster Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871 Gypsum (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Mineralogical name: Calcium sulphateThere are 3 main types of Gypsum: Alabaster: Nicomar (a fine grained…

Latin Formula Names

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Latin Formula Names Many Formulas used in the Western Tradition were known by their Latin names. Many formulas are named after their primary ingredient, but sometimes are named after their function or origin etc. The Latin naming of a formula often begins with ‘Dia’, effectively meaning ‘Compound’. So, Diacinnamonum is a Compound of Cinnamon. Sometimes…

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Tinctures

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Tinctures A Tincture is a medicine made by dissolving or infusing a medicine in alcohol. Sometimes the term is used for extractions in other Menstruums, for example an ‘Acid Tincture’ is sometimes used to describe a medicine extracted with Vinegar. They are most commonly prepared of herbs, but may be prepared from certain animal and…

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Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Mian Ma Guan Zhong PRO

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Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Guan Zhong 贯众 Male Fern, Shield-fernGuan Zhong, Mian Ma Guan Zhong (TCM) Dryopteris crassirhizoma (Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Dryopteris Guan Zhong(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Dryopteris crassirhizoma A number of other species have been said to provide varieties of Guan Zhong including: Woodwardia japonica Blechnum orientale Lunathyrium acrostichoides Osmunda japonica Matteuccia struthiopteris Parts used:…

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Trapa natans, Water Chestnut PRO

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Trapa natans, Water Chestnut Water Caltrops, Tribulus aquaticus, Nux aquaticaShrngataka (Ayurveda) Singara, Singhara (Siddha)Singhara (Unani)Joz Al-qastal (Arabic)Ling (TCM) Trapa natansW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819) Trapa natansRepräsentanten einheimischer Pflanzenfamilien in buntenWandtafeln mit erläuterndem, Bollmann (1879-1882) Trapa natans(Photo by MurielBendel) (Wikimedia) Trapa natans nuts: ‘Water Chestnuts’(Photo by Gdsaverio) (Wikimedia) Botanical name:…

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Pulegium, Pennyroyal FREE

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Pulegium, Pennyroyal Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mentha pulegium Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2B ATTENUATER.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2J. RAREFYING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3M. ARTHRITICS4a. CEPHALIC.   …

Anise & Thyme

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Anise & Thyme Annis is Warm and mildly Moist, Pungent and Aromatic, moves the Qi, clears Wind and Phlegm, and has an effect on the Lungs and Spleen.   Thyme is Warm and Dry, Pungent and Bitter, clears Wind and Phlegm, and also effects the Lungs and Spleen.   Together they have two distinct, but equally important spheres of…

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